Control room at mining operation_1
ABB control room at mining operation_2
ABB control room at mining operation_3
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Dual Pinion Mill Drive
RMD and staff at Boliden Aitik mine
Ring-geared mill drive at Boliden Aitik mine
Eduardo Gallestey, Head of Product Management Mining, ABB
Giuseppe Di Marco, Managing Director, Process Industries business unit, ABB
Patrik Westerlund, Global Product Manager Underground Mine Automation, ABB
Service engineer
Ventilation system
Control room
Underground
Boliden Garpenberg mine
The Garpenberg Mine control room, staffed with four operators with who can monitor everything on a single user interface, thanks to ABB`s System 800xA system.
Boliden Chief Executive Officer Lennart Evrell listens to the safety and security instruction during the ABB-organized press trip to the Garpenberg Mine on June 9, 2015.
The Garpenberg Mine’s administration building and 40-meter hoist tower
A Garpenberg Mine station a kilometer underground where ore is brought from the tunnels to be reduced in size before proceeding to the mill.
Ore on a conveyor system overseen by ABB’s System 800xA control solution advances toward the skip, where it will be hoisted to the surface for milling.
An elevator at 1054 meters below the surface, for transporting miners to Garpenberg’s underground operation.
One of ABB’s ring-geared mill drives at Boliden’s Garpenberg Mine
Another Garpenberg process controlled and monitored by ABB’s System 800xA control system: Boliden’s concentrator.
Colleagues from ABB and Boliden explain to journalists on the press trip the latest mobile communication devices that are fully integrated with the System 800xA control system.
